Music- Ukulele

Note: November 26, 2011: We now have a separate New "Ukulele Adventure" Wikispace:

http://ukuleleadventure.wikispaces.com/

which focuses and expands our Music and Arts and Education Adventure...

So go there to view all of these pages here and more...

Happy Holidays Season: Get a Uke, Give a Uke, Uke a Uke...

"Mighty Uke": U Can Make Music! Uke On...

"Lefty Aloha": new, noobie, ukie, ukester Allen

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1. Home Base: their Website

http://www.hawaiimusicsupply.com/

2. Their Youtube Video Channel with 200+ kool videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/HawaiiMusicSupply

3. Their Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hawaii-Music-Supply#!/pages/Hawaii-Music-Supply/187734725862

4. Beginner's Lessons in Sequence (10+ brief videos)

Hey Folks, I just found where they (Hawaii Music Supply) are hiding all of the Beginner's Lessons on their website:

http://www.theukulelesite.com/free-resources/aarons-begginer-lessons

"Aaron's Beginner Lessons" (10+ un-numbered :-)

This will take care of you and me for the next 6 months of practice :-)

"Mahalo, Mahalo, a hui hou... You are definitely Ohana..."

&&&...

These guys are great teachers online, even for total beginners like me!

(I do not have a personal ukulele teacher, so I am learning on my own, until I meet other local players, etc.)

These 2 links are excellent Beginner's Lessons in learning the basic chords and their fingering progression.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zURQ9OqJwNo&feature=like-suggest&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZEca7yk5fk&feature=watch_response_rev

The next link will get you started on the right track to learn and practice good technique for

beginning fingering of single notes on the strings, it will save you months of trial and error frustration.

This is clearly the most basic necessary beginning fingering lesson to practice.

http://www.youtube.com/user/HawaiiMusicSupply#p/search/0/1tzGQkGkNks

5. This is an important category of videos: reviews of various types and sizes of ukuleles:

http://www.theukulelesite.com/which-ukulele-is-right-for-me/video-reviews

Be sure to scroll down to: "Kala Travel Tenors Compared-- Cedar and Spruce, Low G and High G".

Ukes are getting modern and electrified as well...

ps: I just sent them an email suggestion that they organize and number (#) their 200+ videos, so that we can find them!

and better utilize them more easily! See what a classroom teacher brings to the discussion... :-)

6. Their Blog with lots of insider and local Hawaii connections

http://theukulelereview.com/

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7. This is a surprise video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPtbG0vtkHY&feature=related

Hey, I wish I could play as good as he can! :-)

8. Ukulele Underground - Growing the next generation of ukulele players.

Free ukulele forums online: the main ukulele website on the internet:

http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/index.php

Note: They are pushing their paid subscription services (stuff beyond the discussion forums), but you can freely become a member

to use the forums, without any fees or subscription services... definitely check them out: Go directly to the "Beginners" Forum!

9. And of course Wikipedia, gives you lots of background information about ukuleles and Hawaii and their history and culture...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele

10. And just so you remember where we are talking about, this is a photo of one of Hawaii Music Supply's new expert staff member's

residence, with " One of the Best Backyards in Hawaii" :-) from their Facebook Photo Album...

okay I'll be quiet now... :-)

When you feel "island mellow", go to ukulele Page 2 to continue learning...